Dick Anthony Williams
Birthdate
August 9, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Death
February 16, 2012
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
August 9, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of Death
February 16, 2012
Known For
Acting
Biography
Richard Anthony Williams (August 9, 1934 – February 16, 2012) was an American actor. Williams is best known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. Williams also had notable roles in 1970s blaxploitation films such as The Mack and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off.
Dick Anthony Williams's LGBTQ+ Titles
Dog Day Afternoon
Limo Driver
Acting (77)
Mackin’ Ain’t Easy as Self
2020
Grizzly II: Revenge as Charlie
2009
Blood and Bone as Roberto
2007
Steam as August
2002
The Shield as Reverend Neal Cook (2 episodes)
2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Sen. Frank Radler
2000
Hot Boyz as Harold
1998
The Players Club as Mr. Armstrong
1995
JAG as Special Agent Lang (1 episode)
1995
The Parent 'Hood (1 episode)
1994
Due South as ATF Agent MacFadden (1 episode)
1994
Chicago Hope (1 episode)
1993
The X-Files as Agent Reggie Purdue (1 episode)
1993
Percy & Thunder as Caswell Baker
1993
The Gifted
1992
Martin (1 episode)
1991
The Rapture as Henry
1991
Homefront (42 episodes)
1991
Roc as Ray Boyd (1 episode)
1990
Edward Scissorhands as Officer Allen
1990
Law & Order as Sam Burdette (1 episode)
1990
Mo' Better Blues as Big Stop Williams
1990
Shannon's Deal as McGuire (1 episode)
1989
Cast the First Stone as Jackson Phillips
1989
The Meeting as Malcolm X
1989
Tap as Francis
1987
Gardens of Stone as Slasher Williams
1986
Heart of the City as Ed Van Duzer (13 episodes)
1986
L.A. Law as Charles Jackson (1 episode)
1986
L.A. Law as Franklin Hovey (2 episodes)
1985
Our Family Honor as Chief of Detectives Jonas Jones (13 episodes)
1985
Summer Rental as Dan Gardner
1985
Stingray (1 episode)
1985
Challenge of a Lifetime as Dr. Hume
1983
Through Naked Eyes as Det. Wylie
1983
Night Partners as Instructor
1983
The Star Chamber as Detective Paul Mackey
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
Keeping On as Samuel Taylor
1982
Something So Right as Morris Elliot
1982
Sister, Sister as Reverend Richard Henderson
1982
This Is Kate Bennett... as Leonard Hayes
1982
Cagney & Lacey (1 episode)
1981
The Sophisticated Gents as Ralph Joplin (3 episodes)
1981
A Gun in the House as Det. Frank Campbell
1980
The Night the City Screamed as Jim Downs
1980
Brave New World as Helmholz Watson
1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1 episode)
1980
One in a Million (1 episode)
1979
The Jerk as Taj
1979
Archie Bunker's Place (1 episode)
1979
Hart to Hart (1 episode)
1979
Hollow Image as Danny
1979
An Almost Perfect Affair as Jackson
1979
Some Kind of Miracle as Dr. Hopstone
1978
A Woman Called Moses as John Tubman (2 episodes)
1978
King as Malcolm X (3 episodes)
1977
Freeman as Freeman
1977
The Storyteller as Anthony
1977
Lou Grant (1 episode)
1977
The Deep as Slake
1977
The Richard Pryor Special? as Writer
1976
The Long Night as Paul
1975
Deadly Hero as District Attorney Winston
1975
Dog Day Afternoon as Limo Driver
1975
Starsky & Hutch (1 episode)
1974
The Rockford Files as Maceo Prentiss (1 episode)
1973
Five on the Black Hand Side as Preston
1973
Slaughter's Big Rip Off as Joe Creole
1973
The Mack as Pretty Tony
1971
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? as Malthus
1971
The Anderson Tapes as Spencer
1970
Nanny and the Professor (1 episode)
1969
The Lost Man as Ronald
1968
Uptight as Corbin
1967
Ironside (2 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer (1 episode)